Anonymous Coward
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11/10/2010 07:06 AM
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Report Copyright Violation | When people stop believing in God they start believing in Big Government and Obamaism Yep. Like Maoists or Stalinists. People were atheists in those countries so they could easily worship any politicians as their god. [ link to blogs.telegraph.co.uk] When people stop believing in God they start believing in Big Government and Obamaism
A sense of political stability provides comforting reassurance that our world is orderly and controlled. So does belief in an all-powerful deity. This puts the two in a seesaw relationship: When one goes up, the other goes down.
Obviously people who live in chaotic and anarchic parts of the world and who subsequently live in squalor are more likely to be religious. And until a society reaches high levels of education and wealth religion is unlikely to lose its grip. However there is more to it than that:
In a second Canadian study, 79 participants read one of two articles ostensibly published in the journal Science. One stated that science increasingly believes in the existence of a God or God-like entity who is “continually making changes to alter the course of cosmic history.” The other explained that while God may exist, the laws of physics mean he could not interfere in man’s affairs.
Afterward, the participants answered a series of questions, including eight that measured their support for the current national government.
“When participants were led to believe that scientists have concluded that God is unlikely to intervene in the world’s affairs, participants showed higher levels of government support,” they report. “When God was depicted as a source of control and order, participants less ardently defended the legitimacy of their government.”
In other words, people who do not believe in an all-powerful creator are more likely to believe that the state can move mountains. |
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11/10/2010 07:10 AM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: When people stop believing in God they start believing in Big Government and Obamaism |
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11/10/2010 07:11 AM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: When people stop believing in God they start believing in Big Government and Obamaism  I don't believe in god or big government and I DEFINITELY don't believe in obama... I prefer to put my faith in myself, family and friends, in that order. |
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11/10/2010 07:12 AM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: When people stop believing in God they start believing in Big Government and Obamaism
I don't believe in god or big government and I DEFINITELY don't believe in obama... I prefer to put my faith in myself, family and friends, in that order. It says `you're more likely``... not that for sure. I'm like you. |
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11/10/2010 07:13 AM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: When people stop believing in God they start believing in Big Government and Obamaism  Atheist |
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11/10/2010 07:45 AM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: When people stop believing in God they start believing in Big Government and Obamaism Democratic Fundamentalism [ link to www.youtube.com] |
Tracy
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11/10/2010 08:34 AM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: When people stop believing in God they start believing in Big Government and Obamaism Nope. When they stop believing in God...they start believing in themselves and other humans...no more passing the buck to something that doesnt exist. |
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11/10/2010 08:37 AM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: When people stop believing in God they start believing in Big Government and Obamaism Nope. When they stop believing in God...they start believing in themselves and other humans...no more passing the buck to something that doesnt exist.
Quoting: TracyYes...other humans in politics usually. |
